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Horseshoe Bend National Military Park is the location of a major battle with the Red Stick Creek Indians and General Andrew Jackson’s army along the Tallapoosa River in Alabama, which ended the Creek Indian Wars.

In March 1814, General Jackson’s army left Fort Williams on the Coosa, cut a 52-mile trail through the forest in three days, and on the 26th made camp six miles north of Horseshoe Bend. (more…)

Alabama Parks and Recreational Areas

List of Alabama National Parks

Alabama has no national parks.

List of Alabama State Parks

This is a list of Alabama state parks in the Alabama state park system. All are run by the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.

Bladon Springs State Park

Blakeley State Park centers around four mineral springs, in Choctaw County.

Blue Springs State Park, a 103-acre park, centers around a pool fed by a crystal-clear underground spring.

Buck's Pocket State Park is a 2000 acre nature area secluded in a natural pocket of the Appalachian Mountain chain. Buck's Pocket State Park offers camping, hiking and fishing.

Cathedral Caverns State Park is famous for, you guessed it, Cathedral Caverns. Inside the cavern, is Big Rock Canyon, Mystery River, Stalagmite Mountain, The Frozen Waterfall and Goliath, a huge stalagmite column that reaches the ceiling of the 45 foot tall cave.

Rickwood Caverns State Park has more than a mile of living geology carved from an ocean bed in its underground caverns. 260 million-year-old limestone formations, shell fragments and fossils of marine life are clearly visible along the cavern ceiling and walls, even blind cave fish.

Roland Cooper State Park is a 236-acre park which features a nine-hole golf course, and fishing is very popular in the Dannelly Reservoir.

Wind Creek State Park is located along the shores of Lake Martin, a clear-water reservoir, perfect for fishing, swimming and boating.

Wilderness Areas

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Horseshoe Bend National Military Park is the location of a major battle with the Red Stick Creek Indians and General Andrew Jackson’s army along the Tallapoosa River in Alabama, which ended the Creek Indian Wars.

In March 1814, General Jackson’s army left Fort Williams on the Coosa, cut a 52-mile trail through the forest in three days, and on the 26th made camp six miles north of Horseshoe Bend.